Anonymous wrote:The marriages today are quite, quite different from what they were over "thousands of years of human history". That you don't understand that is a dumbass joke on you.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why do you think it's imaginary? Are you unable to imagine women with strong sex drives, or do you think they ought not have them?
It is the detriment that is imaginary. If you have to go without as much sex as you want, that is no hardship.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Okay, so if I say to my husband, "You are too conservative and repressed and can never fulfill me sexually, therefore I'm divorcing you," that won't traumatize my children? Or would you only be happy if I settled for solo sex?
You should neither divorce him nor cheat on him.
Anonymous wrote:Why do you think it's imaginary? Are you unable to imagine women with strong sex drives, or do you think they ought not have them?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Eventually, Ossie and Ruby decided the open marriage was not for them because they found that they really fulfilled each other, but neither regretted trying it. In the end, it is about respect and realizing your partner is a different person with different needs and aspirations. It is about your partner and not about you. Your jealousy is your problem, not theirs. If you both agree that you can both have outside relationships, it is just not cheating. The cgeating comes in the lies and deception, not the outside sex act. There are as many flavored of marriage as there are ice cream. Grab a spoon and dig in, but don't expect your flavor to be my favorite not force me to eat it.
Bullshit. What your SPOUSE does sexually IS about you. It cannot fail to affect you emotionally and perhaps physically. The cheating most definitely comes from the sex act. You are completely deluded if you think you can redefine "marriage" in the terms you describe here. Whore it up all you want, but don't try to pretend it is a marriage, because it isn't.
Who died and appointed you the arbiter of what marriage is?
Thousands of years of human history, dumbass.
Anonymous wrote:Okay, so if I say to my husband, "You are too conservative and repressed and can never fulfill me sexually, therefore I'm divorcing you," that won't traumatize my children? Or would you only be happy if I settled for solo sex?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There is no "detriment" associated with NOT CHEATING so your response is irrelevant.
Spoken by a woman with a low sex drive who doesn't consider being sexually unsatisfied, chronically, as detrimental.
So get yourself a vibrator and deal with your imaginary "detriment".
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Eventually, Ossie and Ruby decided the open marriage was not for them because they found that they really fulfilled each other, but neither regretted trying it. In the end, it is about respect and realizing your partner is a different person with different needs and aspirations. It is about your partner and not about you. Your jealousy is your problem, not theirs. If you both agree that you can both have outside relationships, it is just not cheating. The cgeating comes in the lies and deception, not the outside sex act. There are as many flavored of marriage as there are ice cream. Grab a spoon and dig in, but don't expect your flavor to be my favorite not force me to eat it.
Bullshit. What your SPOUSE does sexually IS about you. It cannot fail to affect you emotionally and perhaps physically. The cheating most definitely comes from the sex act. You are completely deluded if you think you can redefine "marriage" in the terms you describe here. Whore it up all you want, but don't try to pretend it is a marriage, because it isn't.
Who died and appointed you the arbiter of what marriage is?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There is no "detriment" associated with NOT CHEATING so your response is irrelevant.
Spoken by a woman with a low sex drive who doesn't consider being sexually unsatisfied, chronically, as detrimental.
So get yourself a vibrator and deal with your imaginary "detriment".
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Eventually, Ossie and Ruby decided the open marriage was not for them because they found that they really fulfilled each other, but neither regretted trying it. In the end, it is about respect and realizing your partner is a different person with different needs and aspirations. It is about your partner and not about you. Your jealousy is your problem, not theirs. If you both agree that you can both have outside relationships, it is just not cheating. The cgeating comes in the lies and deception, not the outside sex act. There are as many flavored of marriage as there are ice cream. Grab a spoon and dig in, but don't expect your flavor to be my favorite not force me to eat it.
Bullshit. What your SPOUSE does sexually IS about you. It cannot fail to affect you emotionally and perhaps physically. The cheating most definitely comes from the sex act. You are completely deluded if you think you can redefine "marriage" in the terms you describe here. Whore it up all you want, but don't try to pretend it is a marriage, because it isn't.
Anonymous wrote:My husband has a low sex drive. He has two choices: allow our marriage to be open, or for us to divorce. We went to counseling for months, and that's what we and the counselor concluded. H feels sadness at some points that he's not enough for me, but doesn't feel anger or desire for revenge. I undersold my need for a strong sexual connection in marriage, and he oversold his drive. We love each other and have built a life together that we are interested in continuing.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You realize now as an adult that your father's cheating had nothing to do with his relationship with you, right?
That is horseshit.
Nope, it's not. I cheat and it has zero to do with my kids.
This isn't a unilateral decision. Your kids may decide otherwise.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:the expectation that parents should allow their children's needs to completely supersede their own is damaging.
Bullshit. Putting your kids needs before your own is called "being a parent" and "being an adult".
People can have affairs without neglecting their children.
I disagree, if you were not with your affair partner you would probably be with your family instead. Unless you are with your partner during normal working hours, you are taking time away from your children.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Eventually, Ossie and Ruby decided the open marriage was not for them because they found that they really fulfilled each other, but neither regretted trying it. In the end, it is about respect and realizing your partner is a different person with different needs and aspirations. It is about your partner and not about you. Your jealousy is your problem, not theirs. If you both agree that you can both have outside relationships, it is just not cheating. The cgeating comes in the lies and deception, not the outside sex act. There are as many flavored of marriage as there are ice cream. Grab a spoon and dig in, but don't expect your flavor to be my favorite not force me to eat it.
Bullshit. What your SPOUSE does sexually IS about you. It cannot fail to affect you emotionally and perhaps physically. The cheating most definitely comes from the sex act. You are completely deluded if you think you can redefine "marriage" in the terms you describe here. Whore it up all you want, but don't try to pretend it is a marriage, because it isn't.